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Nexus, the last book of Henry Miller's epic trilogy The Rosy Crucifixion, is widely considered to be one of the landmarks of American fiction. In it, Miller vividly recalls his many years as a down-and-out writer in New York City, his friends, mistresses, and the unusual circumstances of his eventful life.

Introduction and Notes by Dr T.C.B. Cook Illustrations by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz). Following the success of Pickwick Papers and Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby was hailed as a comic triumph and firmly established Dickens as a 'literary gentleman'. It has a full supporting cast of delectable characters that range from the iniquitous Wackford Squeers and his family, to the delightful Mrs Nickleby, taking in the eccentric Crummles and his travelling players, the Mantalinis, the Kenwigs and many more. Combining these with typically Dickensian elements of burlesque and farce, the novel is eminently suited to dramatic adaptation. So great was the impact as it left Dickens' pen that many pirated versions appeared in print before the original was even finished. Often neglected by critics, Nicholas Nickleby has never ceased to delight readers and is widely regarded as one of the greatest comic masterpieces of nineteenth-centure literature.

Winner of the 2017 T. S. Eliot Prize'Reading Vuong is like watching a fish move: he manages the varied currents of English with muscled intuition.' New YorkerAn extraordinary debut from a young Vietnamese American, Night Sky with Exit Wounds is a book of poetry unlike any other. Steeped in war and cultural upheaval and wielding a fresh new language, Vuong writes about the most profound subjects - love and loss, conflict, grief, memory and desire - and attends to them all with lines that feel newly-minted, graceful in their cadences, passionate and hungry in their tender, close attention: '...the chief of police/facedown in a pool of Coca-Cola./A palm-sized photo of his father soaking/beside his left ear.' This is an unusual, important book: both gentle and visceral, vulnerable and assured, and its blend of humanity and power make it one of the best first collections of poetry to come out of America in years. 'These are poems of exquisite beauty, unashamed of romance, and undaunted by looking directly into the horrors of war, the silences of history. One of the most important debut collections for a generation.' Andrew McMillan Winner of the 2017 Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection A Guardian / Daily Telegraph Book of the YearPBS Summer Recommendation

THE DEBUT NOVEL FROM THE COSTA SHORT STORY AWARD WINNER A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK 'A sharp, funny, wonderful writer' Diana Evans, bestselling author of Ordinary People 'Compelling...finely crafted, compassionate' Guardian 'A warm, confident writer with the lightest of touches' Observer 'Pacey and powerful' Mail on Sunday 'The type of story that will stay with you long after you've read the last page' Closer 'Brilliant...touches on race, mental health and community in a fresh way' Good Housekeeping 'Flawlessly portrayed...A riveting read' Candis 'Costa prize-winning author Goldie compassionately explores the ways her characters' lives are changed, and how they live with the aftermath' The Daily Mail * * * * * On an ordinary Saturday morning in 1996, the residents of Nightingale Point wake up to their normal lives and worries. Mary has a secret life that no one knows about, not even Malachi and Tristan, the brothers she vowed to look after. Malachi had to grow up too quickly. Between looking after Tristan and nursing a broken heart, he feels older than his twenty-one years. Tristan wishes Malachi would stop pining for Pamela. No wonder he's falling in with the wrong crowd, without Malachi to keep him straight. Elvis is trying hard to remember to the instructions his care worker gave him, but sometimes he gets confused and forgets things. Pamela wants to run back to Malachi but her overprotective father has locked her in and there's no way out. It's a day like any other, until something extraordinary happens. When the sun sets, Nightingale Point is irrevocably changed and somehow, through the darkness, the residents must find a way back to lightness, and back to each other. * * * * *Readers love Nightingale Point: 'A beautiful and heartbreaking story about working-class people and their lives both before and after tragedy' 'I couldn't put it down...a beautiful story of staying strong when it matters most' 'A triumphant debut...This book pops, fizzes and sparkles to life' 'A must read masterpiece'

Η δίγλωσση αυτή έκδοση περιλαμβάνει τριάντα οχτώ επιλεγμένα ποιήματα του ποιητή Νικηφόρου Βρεττάκου σε μετάφραση του πολυβραβευμένου David Connolly, ο οποίος υπογράφει και μία κατατοπιστική εισαγωγή για τον οικουμενικό ποιητή της αγάπης. O Σπαρτιάτης Νικηφόρος Βρεττάκος (1912-1991) υπήρξε ένας από τους πιο aναγνωρισμένους Έλληνες ποιητές. Μία από τις πλέον χαρισματικές λυρικές φωνές της γενιάς του, θεωρείται ο ποιητής του φωτός και της αλήθειας, ο ποιητής που ύμνησε την ομορφιά της φύσης με απαράμιλλο τρόπο. Πολλαπλοί οι αποδέκτες μιας τέτοιας έκδοσης, καθώς το βιβλίο δεν απευθύνεται μόνο στους ξένους που επισκέπτονται τη χώρα μας και θέλουν να γνωρίσουν μια ακόμα φωνή του ελληνικού πνεύματος. Το βιβλίο αφορά τους μελετητές της νεοελληνικής γραμματείας, Έλληνες και ξένους, τους Έλληνες δεύτερης γενιάς που μεγαλώνουν μακριά από άμεσα ερεθίσματα, καθώς και όλους όσους διδάσκουν ή μαθαίνουν αγγλικά, αλλά και τους αγγλόφωνους που μαθαίνουν ελληνικά. Επίσης αποτελεί ένα πολύ καλό δώρο για αγγλόφωνους φίλους. Το έργο του εξωφύλλου φιλοτέχνησε ειδικά για την έκδοση ο ζωγράφος Παναγιώτης Σταυρόπουλος.

DeDaumier-Smith's Blue Period, Teddy, and A Perfect Day for Bananafish are among the nine works in a collection of Salinger's perceptive and realistic short stories.

Translated by Lee M. Hollander, with an Introduction by Thorsteinn Gylfason. Njal's Saga is the finest of the Icelandic sagas, and one of the world's greatest prose works. Written c.1280, about events a couple of centuries earlier, it is divided into three parts: the first recounts the touching friendship between noble Gunnar and the statesman Njal, together with the fatal enmity between their wives. The second part works out the central tragedy of the saga, while the third describes the retribution wrought by Flosi and Kari. The saga is remarkable not only for the details of everyday life - the farming, the feasting and the charcoal-burning - but also for the social structure of the society in which that life took place - the Althing or Parliament, the lawmaking and the lawgiving. The grandeur of the narrative and the beauty and distinction of the characters mark Njal's Saga as an essential text for all who love adventure and great literature.

Μετά την αναγκαστική προσγείωση του αεροπλάνου τους, δύο επιβάτες βρίσκονται σε μια αχαρτογράφητη χώρα και εκεί τους ρουφάει, σχεδόν τους καταπίνει, μια αλλόκοτη, λαβυρινθώδης, φασματική πόλη, όπου συναντούν πρόσωπα άγνωστα αλλά και ταυτόχρονα οικεία. Μία νουβέλα που διασταυρώνει παραμιλητό με στιχομυθία, φάρσα με ζόφο, ασθματικό με μακροπερίοδο λόγο καθώς η αγωνίας της πλοκής διολισθαίνει στην αγωνία της ύπαρξης.

Obi Okonkwo is an idealistic young man who, thanks to the privileges of an education in Britain, has now returned to Nigeria for a job in the civil service. However in his new role he finds that the way of government seems to be backhanders and corruption. Obi manages to resist the bribes that are offered to him, but when he falls in love with an unsuitable girl - to the disapproval of his parents - he sinks further into emotional and financial turmoil. The lure of easy money becomes harder to refuse, and Obi becomes caught in a trap he cannot escape.